Quality of maternal healthcare services in Victoria

The Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity in Victoria is a Ministerial Committee reviews all cases of maternal, perinatal and paediatric mortality and severe acute maternal morbidity (SAMM). CCOPMM also reports on the outcomes of all births in Victoria for the previous calendar year. Each year CCOPMM produces a report of the births and deaths related to maternal, newborn, stillbirth and child and adolescent health and makes recommendations to help health services and clinicians improve clinical practice and systems of care. This annual report also details the council’s research and activities. This aim of this project is to examine the last 5-10 years of recommendations from CCOPMM and determine whether these have been actioned, and if so, how this has played out across the state. The aim is also to look at potential unintended consequences of the recommendations, both positive and negative, and track the national landscape in which the recommendations were made and actioned.